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Utah Code Title 63G. General Government § 63G-31-101. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter:

(1)(a) “Changing room” means a space designated for multiple individuals to dress or undress within the same space.

(b) “Changing room” includes:

(i) a dressing room, fitting room, locker room, or shower room; and

(ii) a restroom when a changing room contains or is attached to the restroom.

(2)(a) “Facility” means a publicly owned or controlled building, structure, or other improvement.

(b) “Facility” includes a subset of a publicly owned or controlled building, structure, or other improvement, including a restroom or locker room.

(3) “Government entity” means:

(a) the state; or

(b) any county, municipality, special district, special service district, or other political subdivision or administrative unit of the state, including:

(i) a state institution of higher education as defined in Section 53B-2-101; or

(ii) a local education agency as defined in Section 53G-7-401.

(4) “Intersex individual” means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-101.

(5) “Men's restroom” means a restroom that is designated for the exclusive use of males and not females.

(6)(a) “Open to the general public” means that a privacy space is:

(i) freely accessible to a member of the general public;

(ii) accessible to an individual who has purchased a ticket, paid an entry fee, paid a membership fee, or otherwise paid to access the facility containing the relevant privacy space; or

(iii) accessible to a student of an institution of higher education described in Section 52B-2-101, either freely or as described in Subsection (6)(a)(ii).

(b) “Open to the general public” does not include a privacy space that is:

(i) only accessible to employees of a government entity; or

(ii) any area that is not normally accessible to the public.

(7) “Privacy space” means a restroom or changing room within a publicly owned or controlled facility, where an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy.

(8) “Publicly owned or controlled” means that a government entity has at least a partial ownership interest in or has control of a facility, program, or event.

(9)(a) “Restroom” means any space that includes a toilet.

(b) “Restroom” includes:

(i) sex-designated men's restrooms;

(ii) sex-designated women's restrooms;

(iii) unisex restrooms; and

(iv) single-occupant restrooms.

(10) “Sex-designated” means that a facility, program, or event is designated specifically for males or females and not the opposite sex.

(11) “Single-occupant” means, in relation to a single-occupant facility or privacy space, that the facility or privacy space:

(a) has floor-to-ceiling walls;

(b) has an entirely encased and locking door; and

(c) is designated for single occupancy.

(12) “Unisex” means, in relation to a unisex facility or privacy space, that the facility or privacy space:

(a) is designated for the use of both sexes; or

(b) is not sex-designated.

(13) “Women's restroom” means a restroom that is designated for the exclusive use of females and not males.

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